Ben's
Comp Newsletter: Issue
011
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Hey,
Hope you're having a productive
week. Here's your bi-weekly dose
of Nuke
knowledge!
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TCL
TIPS FOR VISUALIZING
INFORMATION IN YOUR
COMP
I'm
constantly using TCL to display knob
values on my node labels, and
different information in text nodes.
There are some expressions I use
daily, and others I always have to
look up to remember, so I thought it
would be beneficial to create a list
of TCL snippets for myself &
everyone reading this newsletter to
refer to when they're looking for
specific expressions.
Click
here to view the
reference!
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RE-GRAINING
YOUR COMP USING EXISTING
PLATE GRAIN
The best
way to add grain to your comp &
get it to match the plate, is to
just use the grain from the plate! I
wrote a quick
tutorial on how to achieve
this, as well as outlining when you
should use this technique, some of
the pitfalls you might encounter, as
well as how to work around them.
Click
here to read the
tutorial.
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EMBRACE
THE POWER OF SMART
VECTORS
Ever since
Smart Vectors were introduced to
Nuke, they've saved my ass so many
times when trying to track &
warp something to an
organically-moving person. No more
manual grid warping!
Chris
Wetherly from The
Foundry has a
great demo video that
outlines how Smart Vectors work, and
shows which cases they can help you
get a better result in your
comp. Click
here to watch!
Pranjal
Choudhary was
the winner of The
Foundry's SmartVector
competition -- his winning
entry is the gif you see above. Click
here to view the video on
Vimeo!
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CREATIVITY,
INC.
Last
year, I went through a bit of a
slump & was losing enthusiasm
for VFX, and the way our crazy
industry operates. I just so
happened to have Creativity,
Inc. sitting on my
bookshelf un-read, so decided to
pick it up and scan through it.
Instead, I ended up reading it
cover-to-cover faster than any book
I can recall in recent history!
I was blown away by the stories Ed
Catmull shares from Pixar's early
days working with Steve Jobs, right
through to the more-recent years
where they're consistently improving
and achieving success. This book is
filled with thought processes and
lessons learned on how to
effectively solve creative problems,
and is incredibly insightful in the
literal context of VFX &
Animation.
Here's
a link to buy it from
Amazon.com (don't forget
to switch the .com to your local
Amazon store). For a
more-thorough read of what to
expect, I highly recommend you read
Amazon's description, or click
the image of the book above
to read reviews from the back cover
of the book.
I genuinely hope you get the same
value from reading Creativity,
Inc. as I
did.
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If
you've
created a
gizmo or
python
script to
solve a
common
problem or
speed up
your
workflow,
please reply
to this
email and
let me know
about it's
existence!
I'd love to
help spread
the word, to
help us all
be better
compositors
together!
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